Poor Cow (novel)

Poor Cow
First edition
AuthorNell Dunn
LanguageEnglish
PublisherMacGibbon & Kee
Publication date
1967
Publication placeUK
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages141 pp
ISBN0860689905 (1988 Virago Press paperback edition)
Preceded byUp the Junction 
Followed byTear His Head Off His Shoulders 

Poor Cow is the first full-length novel by Nell Dunn, first published in 1967 by MacGibbon & Kee.[1] The novel is a study of a working-class girl from the East End of London, struggling through the swinging sixties after making one bad decision too many. The novel was adapted for film in the same year of publication.